Executive Pastry Chef
- New Zealand
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Designing seasonal menus for Afternoon Tea, events, and our dessert offerings, ensuring creativity and alignment with our brand standards.
- Leading, mentoring, and inspiring the pastry team to deliver excellence.
- Supervising daily production to ensure consistent quality and presentation of all pastry items across the hotel
- Managing inventory, controlling costs, and working closely with suppliers to ensure the highest quality ingredients while meeting financial targets.
- Ensuring the pastry kitchen operates in line with food safety standards and hotel policies, maintaining the highest levels of cleanliness and hygiene at all times.
- Minimum of 5 years' experience in a five-star luxury hotel, resort, or equivalent high-end culinary environment
- Formal culinary qualification, with a focus or specialization in pastry preferred
- Creative flair and a genuine passion for crafting exceptional, innovative pastry and dessert offerings
- Excellent communication skills and a meticulous eye for detail
- A positive, can-do attitude and eagerness to continuously learn and grow
- Strong organizational and time management skills, especially when juggling multiple events and service periods
- Flexibility to work across various shifts, including afternoons, evenings, weekends, and public holidays
- Paid birthdays leave (because we think your special day should be celebrated!).
- Free meals
- Discounts on 6000 + hotels worldwide
- Discounts on hotel Food & Beverage
- Full training
- Retail discounts to make your paycheck go further.
- Daily laundered uniforms - we've got you looking sharp, every day.